Auction #141 - Public Auction

C44 (204) 1935 £2 bright violet Bulolo Goldfields Air Mail, unwmkd, perf 11, OG, LH, XF

C45 (205) 1935 £5 emerald-green Bulolo Goldfields Air Mail, unwmkd, perf 11, signed (faintly), OG, LH, SUPERB

O12-22 (O31-41) 1931 1d-5' Bird of Paradise Officials, dated scrolls, overprinted "OS", cplt (11), well centered, undercatalogued, OG, LH, F-VF

31 (35) 1921 2d on 40c red on yellow Weapons and Idols (French issue) surcharge, wmkd RF in Sheet, perf 14, seriously undercatalogued as only 40 sheets (1200 stamps) were originally printed, left margin example with selvedge, OG, NH, F-VF

J1-5 (D1-5) 1925 1d (10¢)-10d (1fr) Postage Due overprint set, cplt, very fresh (no trace of the gum toning usually associated with this issue), the majority of the issue was sold over the P.O. counter and became severely gum toned, the only untoned sets had to be acquired directly from the Crown Agents in London, OG, LH, F-VF

9h (14) 1857 6d pale brown Q Victoria on white paper, unwmkd, imperf, four full margins, light cancel, VF

53a (168) 1874 3d brown Q Victoria on blued paper, wmkd NZ and Small Star, perf 12½, scarce, OG, LH, VF

121 (269a) 1903 2' blue-green Milford Sound, unwmkd, laid paper, scarce Wellington printing (paper of unknown origin was used in a small emergency printing, accounting for its scarcity), OG, LH, F-VF

122-25 (370-73) 1906 ½d-6d Christchurch Exhibition set, cplt (4), unusually well centered with fresh colors, OG, HR, SUPERB

AR21 (unlisted) 1903-15 £3 green Q Victoria Postal Fiscal, wmkd NZ and Star Close (Scott Type 61), perf 12½, unpriced in Scott, with rare "Christchurch" squared-circle postal cancel!, F-VF

AR98 (F216) 1945 22' on 22' scarlet Coat of Arms Postal Fiscal, "Wiggins, Teape" chalk-surfaced paper with vertical mesh, wmkd multiple NZ and Star, OG, VLH, SUPERB, with RPSL certificate